Billingham Packington for 4x5 field setup?

[gregvds]

Hello,

This is my first post to the lf-photo forum. I'll go and post something in the new member section as soon as possible.

So, my first question that I would like to submit to you is this:

Can I fit comfortably a 4x5" folding field (Chamonix 45N-1 or Wista 45SP) with one or two lenses (Schneider 120, Fujinon 210) mounted on linhof boards, three fidelity chassis, a dark cloth, a loading tent, film boxes, moleskine notebooks, lightmeter, loupe, and stuff, into a Billingham Packington.

I got a Hadley classic, and this is amazingly built, but a little bit too small for all this. Dimensions are ok it seems, and I like the way the Billingham are conforming when carried.

Many thanks to let me know what you think.

And if someone has one for sale...

Best regards,

GregVDS

[gregvds]

No one?

Any idea?

[Paul Mitchell]

Hi gregvds

I have a Billingham 445 and it would just about hold what you are proposing but I wouldn't want to carry all that weight on my shoulder for any distance. I think you would probably better off buying a rucksack type bag. I currently use the Lowepro Photo trekker backpack and find it very comfortable, the Nature trekker is smaller and might be worth considering.

Paul